The movable gantry cnc machine that I am making would have a bigger working area than my previously made movable bed cnc machine. Therefore, using a drag knife to cut thin pieces of cardboard, plastic sheet and similar materials had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The cheap Chinese digital multimeter that I had was quite good when it was new. But it was not able to last very long. After a while, I found that the DC voltage selections were not showing accurately, so much […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, I came across some techniques for stippling pictures which were suitable for cnc milling. The strippling technique was ideal for the pen plotter, but since I had already installed a milling spindle for cutting, I thought it would be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christmas is fast approaching and I still have not made any significant decorations or reminders of the true meaning of Christmas yet. Christmas was a day chosen to commemorate the birthday of our Lord, Jesus Christ, never mind any inaccuracies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At this time, I am searching for items for my new project, the moving gantry CNC machine. One of the items that I find difficult to find was the spacer for the ball bearings. Essentially it was a washer which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I always wanted to do something with my old CD’s. I must admit that I have a certain fascination for CD’s because the close lines on the surface causes interference of light which then breaks up into rainbow colours. By […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Currently, what I did to obtain a zero position for my z-axis was to manually command jog linuxCNC to lower the z-axis until the milling tool touched the work piece and then set this position as the zero home position. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was now ready to explore what I can do with my new cnc machine. I happened to have a soft board lying around after I had cut some discs out of it for stopping my x-axis parallel rods from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After my first cut, I knew I had to fix a backing spoilboard on the machine movable bed so that I can protect the latter from being damaged when the tool cut deeper than the thickness of the work piece. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…